Emmanuel Ofuasia, PhD

Emmanuel Ofuasia, PhD

Emmanuel Ofuasia took his PhD in Philosophy in March, 2023 and teaches philosophy at the Philosophy Department of National Open University of Nigeria. He specializes in: Process Ontology; African Philosophy of Religion; Animal Rights; African Logic; and Ifá Studies. He is widely published in these areas and has received local and international grants from organizations and institutions such as: Birmingham Centre for Philosophy of Religion in conjunction with the John Templeton Foundation; Culture and Animal Foundation (CAF); Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS) in the University of Lagos, Lagos. He is currently working on a book that will be first to offer a process-relational account of African metaphysics.

Die Before You Die | A Dialogue on Death and Rebirth

Journal Article

“For these two sages that I encounter, it is the topic of death that seems paramount for them…Death is not a thing to be experienced. However, contemplation and meditations on the subject can make one take life more simply. These are the overriding messages from Ọ̀rúnmìlà and Rumi.”